USS Impetuous (PYc-46)
.jpg) Sybilla III (1915) |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | Motor yacht |
| Launch | 1915 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| period of service |
1917-1918 as Sybilla III |
| Whereabouts | sold, probably scrapped |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
1917: 103 tons (tonnage) |
| length |
1917: 36.6 m (120 ′) |
| width |
1917: 4.4 m (14 ′ 6 ″) |
| Draft |
1917: 1.4 m (4'8 ″) |
| crew |
9 |
| drive |
2 diesel engines , 2 shafts |
| speed |
1917: 15 knots |
| Armament |
1917: Three and one pounder MG |
The Paragon (later name: Sybilla III , Arlis , PC-454 and Impetuous ) was a yacht that both the First and the Second World War by the US Navy as a patrol boat was used.
The motor yacht was built in 1915 under the name Paragon in the Robert Jacob Inc. shipyard in City Island, New York . Shortly after completion, the first name was changed to Sybilla III . After the United States entered the World War, the boat, which was now owned by John F. Betz from Philadelphia, was taken over by the Navy on May 14, 1917 as an auxiliary ship, armed and named USS Sybilla III (SP-104) in Service provided. Until the end of the war, the yacht was used for patrol trips in the 7th Naval District ( Florida ); on December 24, 1918 it was returned to the owner.
During the next two decades the boat was used civilly and renamed Arlis . In view of the impending Second World War, the yacht on August 12, 1940, taken again from the Navy for submarine chaser ( Submarine Chaser converted) and on 16 October the same year as the PC 454 USS put into service. The boat was used in Central America in the area around the Panama Canal Zone ( 15th Naval District ), where it arrived in mid-November; on July 15, 1943 followed another renaming and reclassification to the Coastal Patrol Yacht USS Impetuous (PYc-46) (English "impetuous": impetuous). In the summer of 1944, the Impetuous was no longer needed and therefore decommissioned, struck off the register in October and finally sold by the War Shipping Administration in June 1945 . The further whereabouts are unclear.
Web links
- History of Sybilla III in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (English)
- Sybilla III in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- Impetuous in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- Impetuous (PYc 46) at Navsource Online
- Impetuous (PYc-46) at Naval History & Heritage Command